Gracie on high

When I arrived at noon there was a great kerfuffle because Gracie had jumped out of her condo and retreated to the heights. I kept out of the way because there were plenty of vollies being directed by Irene. They caught her in a box (a favourite tool of Irene's) but when they went to put her back into her condo she took off again for the heights! 

Gracie on Wednesday

 The second capture was more efficient and she was soon back. By the time chicken came around she was behaving normally (for her). I hope she doesn't make this a regular Friday afternoon exercise.

The woman who adopted Midnight last weekend brought him back for his vaccination and to adopt his sisters Lily and Forget Me Not. She said "If two kittens is better than one kitten, then three kittens are better yet!" Midnight has been renamed Lunar and is a very relaxed kitten. Or maybe he was just stonkered to be back with his sisters. Lily didn't have a microchip even though Tim said that he gave her one. The vet around the corner checked her with his machine. None. So he added another. Let's hope that she doesn't now have two. 

And the woman came to adopt Harper. She will pick her up tomorrow when the workmen have moved out of her place and Harper can settle in undisturbed. And Clyde was adopted yesterday.

Camille was being charming when I cleaned out the condo below her that  Forget me not and Lily were in for a few days. Irene took notes and got a good photo so that Camille can go on the for adoption list. She is a lovely cat.

Joy took photos of 5 of the 6 kittens in the play place on Wednesday.

 I'll try to add their names next week. Ginger Roger and her kittens have settled into the stand alone in Incoming happily. She is a very friendly cat. Evidently she wandered into an appartment in a western suburb. The old man there was happy. She made herself at home but after a few weeks disappeared for a few days. Then she brought in her kittens, one at at time. All gingers. The man is quite old and not well so couldn't look after them. I doubt we will have any problems getting them homes.

 

 

An excess of ginger

A ginger mum and her six ginger kittens were brought in today by Sheridan. Irene asked me to give them names. She thought the mum's name of Ginger was too obvious.

Ginger Rogers with Bread, Snap, Pickles, TurmeRick, GingerBee(r), and Meg

I don't expect my names will stick but it was fun thinking about them. Sheridan wants to foster them as soon as her current litter is off her hands. Ginger Rogers was very stressed by the capture and transport procedure and poo'd herself and a couple of the kittens so it was a bit stinky there for a while.

Sheridan also picked up a pair of kittens en route. One is fluffy and the other is a DSH. So obvious names are

Fluff

and

Duff

 

They seem friendly but a bit overwhelmed by their day. . . . perhaps because of the smell in the car.

They are all in Incoming. Where Dusky has decided that she is a friendly cat.

Dusky

I moved Missy into the stand alone by the Welcome Door. . . . the stand alone that gets overlooked by adopters. She settled down nicely, after a while.

Missy

No strike

 The traffic was lighter than usual today. The anticipated 3 day train strike was called off last night. Lots of folk must have organised to work from home. Will they work at home tomorrow or come to Safe because they thought they would be stuck at home by the dreadful traffic? Terry will either have a bumper day tomorrow or a very quiet one.

We had one adoption: Angie by her vollie. She was taken home. She didn't like being put in a rather glam, cloth carrier. But allowed herself to be coaxed back into it. The towel she has slept on for several months was tucked over the carrier so she settled down quickly and will have the comfort of being surrounded by her smell. And I won't have to wash that towel!

I was too busy tidying up to take any photos so I will share Joy's lovely ones. (Lola appreciated my efforts of tidying away a delivery of food because it covered her water bowl. She had a long drink when I finished.)

Hobson is the greediest. But Lexie is learning that she will get a bowl all of her own.

Hobson and Lexie

I think Camilla recognised me when I arrived with some chicken. She got down from hiding way at the back of her upper shelf to rub me a hello. She is learning. Perhaps we should call her Queenie.

Camilla

I can't believe that Chelsea is the same cat who hissed, spat and growled when she first came in heavily pregnant. She just wants cuddles these days.

Chelsea before she moved

And Sparkle often adopts this pose. But never when there are visitors to be charmed.

Sparkle

Nova's new eye

 Since she has moved to Boarding, her left eye has changed. It used to have a white circle on the lower half. Now that has disappeared but it looks as though the front part of her eye has become more spherical rather than being convex outwards. She seems very happy and friendly as ever.

Nova's eye

 

As is Chelsea along at the other end of Boarding. Her kittens don't bolt out of the condo quite as quickly. And she just wants cuddles.

Chelsea

Even Whitney's kittens aren't such quick escape artists.

Whitney's three

There were adoptions over the weekend: Akira, Jenni, Cuddlepie and Mystic

Mystic

Camilla has been moved to Cuddlepie's condo. She was not happy after being moved. But she will get used to her new digs.

Camilla

She is next to Clyde who rather likes it in Welfare.

Clyde

Whereas, Robbie can't decide whether or not he likes the change.

Robbie

All the itchy gingers had a nice long self grooming session under strict supervision. No scratching allowed.

Big Kahuna, PC, Aslan

Adoption Tails: Toby, Moet and Jerry

Toby

 

1 day: Toby is settling in really well to his safe space. He has no problems eating or drinking and has already used his litter a couple of times. The owners are thinking of changing his name to Oscar but keep changing their minds since he's got so much personality they just can't settle on one! He's already starting to cuddle and loves to play a lot.

 

1 week: Toby is an absolute menace but the owners love him. He's a very curious boy with a big heart! He definitely is a mischievous kitty. Morning cuddles are part of their daily routine!

 1 month: The owners are so happy with Toby. "He's made our little life a lot happier!"

 Moet and Jerry

1 day: “They have settled in extremely well”. They’re drinking, eating and both using the litter tray. Their owner will be renaming them. “They are so friendly and very inquisitive. The experience of adopting them was extremely easy but also informative”

1 day

 1 week:  “They are both going really really well!!” They are very settled and their personality is really coming through. “Can't imagine life without them now!”

6 weeks: “They are going so so well.” Moet has been renamed Jas and Jerry has been renamed Benny. “Jas has to be on my lap at all times and Jerry is always playing and wants pats. They have changed my life already I love them so much!”

“Thankyou everyone for loving them so much”

6 weeks

Adoption Tails: Rain's litter

 Updates for Rain's litter of 7 kittens

Unfortunately, Rain the mum escaped about 3 months after coming into SAFE care, leaving her young kittens behind.

No follow ups for Simba (adopted by foster), Daisy, Charlie and Monkey.

Mark, now Angus 6699

 

1 day: Mark, now called Angus, has settled in quite well. He's been eating and drinking normally and the owner saw him doing pee & poo in the litter box. He's not playing a lot yet but is very cuddly and sleeps with the owner. He's found some hidey holes around the house, is happy to jump up for a pat and is purring a lot.

1 week: He's filled a giant cat shaped hole in the owners' lives.

1 month: Angus is definitely a fun, lovable member of the family now. He has grown lots and had had his first trip to the vet earlier in the week because of a scratch that was a bit red. He's all okay now. He's being harness trained and even climbed up a tree after meeting his first bush turkey.

Flick, now Isla 6700

1 day: There has been quite a lot of meowing and hiding soon after the owner picked Flick up from foster. She then sat herself on their lap for 15 minutes purring and kneading her paws. She has since gotten off and hidden. She has yet to eat, drink nor toilet.

1 week: The owner has named her Isla. She is definitely settled now! Very playful, roams around the whole apartment, demands attention and affection. She's just the best!

Flick

1 month: She is doing really good!

1.5 months: Isla has started to bite quite a lot in the past week or so, not aggressively. The owner wonders if it is from teething and how to get her to stop when she is biting. "Saying no and pulling away seems to make her want to do it more!"

2 months: Isla caught a very bad case of worms unbeknownst to the owner and has been experiencing bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting. All was resolved when Tim saw a gnarly picture of worm infested vomit and Isla was promptly given deworming treatment. The owner later took her to the vet for a check up and she is eating, drinking and playing as per normal. 

Geisha, now Olive

Olive's owner actually knew Sue from a few years ago and promised her to adopt a pet from Sue when she started the charity, which ended up being SAFE!

1 day: The family is really proud of Geisha (now named Olive). First night was a bit unsettling for her (as expected) but she managed to sleep through until about 5:30am before crying. She has done 2 wees in her litter tray over the weekend, no poops yet. She had her first big meal this morning (she's constantly had food, just hasn't been eating meals) which was some turkey breast (she loved it), her wet Royal Canin kitten food and dry biscuits. She's been drinking water too. Her safe space is still very much under the bed in the owner's storage box of winter jumper but will happily go to other rooms of the house provided that somebody is with her. She loves cuddles and pats and purrs like a jet engine. She's learnt to jump up on the bed and was starting to play last night and this morning.

 1 week: Olive is just precious. She's eating 3 square sachets of kitten foods a day with snacks and treats on top. Still haven't seen her use the water fountain but the owners have been adding extra water into her food and they busted her drinking water out of the shower this morning. She's doing about 2-3 wees a day and 1 solid number 2. She has no reservations about exploring every inch of her new home and is rarely under the bed anymore. Loves sleeping with the owners on the bed at night and curling up for snuggles. Her favourite toy is a wooden clothes peg and a pen despite the plethora of toys the owners bought her. She was spending Sunday morning cuddled up under the doona. Also, Olive fell asleep when the owner clipped her nails for the first time!

1 month: Olive is the apple of the owners' eyes, she's super inquisitive, loves to explore and play and eat! Her favourite toys are pens, earplugs and clothes pegs. She loves scotch fillet, turkey and chicken, cuddling up on the couch with the owners at night and chin rubs. Olive's foster carers popped in over the weekend for a visit to see her.

A good licking

 When I arrived, a little late due to visiting relatives, Big Kahuna was sitting in his high rise without his cone. Tim says that he has a couple of times a week under strict supervision to go without his cone for a while so that he can clean himself up. I undertook to keep a strict eye on him and to stop him scratching himself and he gave himself a really good licking. He was much more settled during the afternoon after his efforts.

Big Kahuna

Much more satisfactory than Wednesday's time out with PC.

Biggie and PC

While I was monitoring him, a lovely vollie arranged the scoopers just the way I do:

colour coordinated!

Victoria visited. She used to be a hands-on vollie. Nowdays she follows up on the adopters of our cats at 1 day, 1 week and 1 month (at the least) to make sure they/the cat has the best chance to settle in
to a new relationship. We had a lovely tour of the availables to reacquaint her with them.

Soon to be on the list, according to Irene, are the Palace kittens whom Naomi fostered.

Atkins

 

 

 

 

Elsie & Eliza

They had a lovely cuddle later in the afternoon when Joy brought in Vi to have some kitty cuddles.

Sparkles says: Why not me?

Sparkle

 

Lola looses lockup

Her stand alone is now occupied by Mystic (who is a girl. No wonder her name was changed from Grey Guy!) Lola now is officially the occupier of Opie's room, now renamed Lola's room. And Charley did a fabulous tidy up of it today. Let's try to keep it that way. . . . . for Lola's sake. She may have potential adopters visiting her there.

Mystic

Little One has moved from Incoming to below Mickey and has had a reversal of personality. I thought she was a girl. Turns out he is a boy. And a really soppy, smoochy boy to boot! Joy discovered his change in personality when she took photos of him.

Little One

The only visitors we had today were repeats from Sunday. They are looking to replace a cat who lived with them for a while and who had a special love (mutual) for the small daughter. They rather liked Cuddlepie (her) and her neighbour Dylan (her dad). But today, Little One may have won them both over. They will return.

Jenni, Domino and Harry have moved between Prue and Trude and Mia. They don't seem to be very happy with the change.

Domino and Jenni

Harry

And Ollie and Billy are getting used to being with us.

Adoption Tails: Blossom, Sandy and Annabelle

 Blossom, now Rilly - 6546

1 day: Blossom has had a bit to eat and drink but hasn't touched her litter tray yet. The owners will be renaming her to Rilly.

3 days: She hasn't eaten or drunk very much at all and has just been hiding under a shelf. Litter looks untouched. She's rotated between 5 different hiding places so far. The owners will give plain cooked chicken or tuna a try later tonight and will sleep on the couch for the time being to give Rilly more space.

4 days: Rilly took a very small bite of fish to eat overnight and has since settled into a clothing drawer under the bed. In terms of litter use, she's at most used it for a pee, no poop yet.

5 days: She ate a substantial amount overnight but there is a new issue of her peeing on the bed.

1 week: She's a little more settled. Ended up using one of the litter boxes the owners have set up. In terms of eating, she seems to be a little cautious still but should have an appetite now.

6 weeks: She's been hiding behind the couch still. Has been healthily eating and using her litter. The owners found out that she's been finding ways to get inside of the couch which is trouble as they don't know if she is stuck there or perfectly fine. Rilly rotates between 3 spots at the moment, inside the couch, behind the couch and under the couch.

 (Go to https://safehavencats.blogspot.com/2024/03/adoption-tails-blossoms-kittens.html to see her kitten's Adoption Tails)

Sandy, now Sandy Kendi and Annabelle

1 day: The owner was a little worried when Sandy first came home yesterday as she completely refused to eat. They went out later to get some cat milk which was resisted for a little while until the owner woke up at 2am to sounds of drinking! Sandy has since had "brunch" and is currently snoring in her blankie. Her new name is Sandy Kendi (pronounced like Candy), a Kenyan name from the owner's community meaning she who loves and is loved. She's eaten and drank water well, already used her litter box and was just snoring away for a good play session by herself with some toys.

3 days: Sandy & the owner have made great progress. By night two, the princess has approved of her new safe spot, safely tucked away in a cat cave behind the makeshift teepee. Sandy independently hopped onto the bed, cleaned herself and is now relaxing. "Total waste of the two beds I got her but not complaining"

Sandy

1 week: Kendi's settled in well. Noticed she loves sleeping to a particular YouTube video in the background. Unfortunately when the owner first got her, she had the sneezes. One week in and she is still getting the sneezes. The owner has bushed her and has been using an air purifier and humidifier with no scents at home but nothing seems to be helping. They've even tried shower steam. She gets full on sneezes (spraying spit and sniffles) and gunk in her eyes.

1.5 weeks: Kendi still has low energy and appetite. The owner has tried different wet foods, mixed with homemade bone broth which she will drink but leaves the solids. She still has gunk in her eyes and the owner suspects she may have ear mites too as she itches and has dark spots in her ears. 

3 weeks: Annabelle is settling in much quicker than Kendi. She left her safe spot and explored the room before choosing her safe spot to be the foot of the owner's bed. "Might have to have the stranger danger talk with her." Kendi is a smart girl, she knows there's someone somewhere. She's very curious but has not hissed at Annabelle's scent yet. The owner has set up her second bed by the couch where she likes to snooze with the blanket and pillow so Kendi is getting just as much cuddles and she loves it.

Annabelle

3.5 weeks: Annabelle currently eats adult food mixed with kitten food. However, she would pick the kitten food out which isn't much and try to go to Kendi's bowl to eat. The owner is keeping the bowls separated but the two cats would go and eat each other's food so the bowls are going to be put away shortly after finishing. Annabelle loves to play with craft twines (only under supervision) and she also loves the strings on her hammock more than the hammock itself.

1 month: Annabelle and Kendi are doing great and can be in the same room with no growling and hissing. Annabelle is definitely more loving and follows the owner around, which at first Kendi was jealous of and would give a nasty look but now is usually not too far from Annabelle. Kendi's climbing skills are also getting better almost like "I didn't know we could do that" and does everything Annabelle does. The owner has no regrets getting two cats, no signs of stress but does notice that Annabelle enjoys her quiet time so she has full access to the bedroom for any power naps. She also has access to hammocks out of Kendi's reach which is used after playtime. Kendi also has comfortable baskets of choice in spaces that Annabelle cannot squeeze into for alone time and lots of cuddles when needed.